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LCD screen door effect?

Anyone noticing a screen door effect with their LCD screen? Mine definitely has it, wondering if this is normal. My last two phones have been AMOLED, so I'm not sure.

Do you mean like this?
Nexus 4 has a pattern on the display.
(I'm trying to consolidate all these threads as more and more people finally get their hands on the phone)

crachel said:
Do you mean like this?
Nexus 4 has a pattern on the display.
(I'm trying to consolidate all these threads as more and more people finally get their hands on the phone)
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No, it's not dots like the digitizer. It's very fine horizontal and vertical lines like seen on some cheap TN panel monitors.
Unfortunately it's so fine I doubt I could capture it with a picture. But it seems to detract from the sharpness of the screen.

Guessing it's just me. I assume if I think my Galaxy Nexus screen looks better than the Nexus 4, then I probably got a defective Nexus 4. RMA time it seems.
I'm cursed. Had to RMA my Galaxy Nexus a couple times because of the purple effect. My Nexus 7 because of the lifted glass, now this. Ugh.

If I look close, I can make out a very slight screen door effect at times. I'm guessing all of them have this to some extent, but maybe it's worse on yours if it's so noticeable as to bother you.

Ravynmagi said:
No, it's not dots like the digitizer. It's very fine horizontal and vertical lines like seen on some cheap TN panel monitors.
Unfortunately it's so fine I doubt I could capture it with a picture. But it seems to detract from the sharpness of the screen.
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I've noticed it.... Thought I was the only one loll
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Is it as bad as the pentile screens like gs3 or note?
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Can't see it at all on mine, although I'm coming from a 50 dollar cheapo Optimus V so this thing just looks incredible no matter what lol
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Well good news for me, I no longer see this issue on my screen. It seems to have cleared up and it looks sharp and clear now. *Whew* I'm happy and love the screen.

Ravynmagi said:
Well good news for me, I no longer see this issue on my screen. It seems to have cleared up and it looks sharp and clear now. *Whew* I'm happy and love the screen.
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I can definitely see it on mine, grays make it pop out more. It's not too bad to warrant the hassle of trying an exchange, though.
Not sure why it would clear up by itself, but if it does I am not gonna mind it

My LG thrill has that, and so does the HTC inspire.
Its normal I guess

johannt said:
Is it as bad as the pentile screens like gs3 or note?
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No way, not even close to as bad as pentile.

I also see these vertical lines. Been driving me crazy when I focus on them. No worries though. Great phone.
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trent25 said:
I can definitely see it on mine, grays make it pop out more. It's not too bad to warrant the hassle of trying an exchange, though.
Not sure why it would clear up by itself, but if it does I am not gonna mind it
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You are right, it didn't. I think after using a while, I started seeing past it. Then I was messing around with my Galaxy Nexus and tablet. Then went back to the phone and I can notice those lines again.
It also depends on what I'm looking at. It really stands out looking at the XDA forums, on the brown colors (I'm using the XDA 2010 theme).

Build Quality.

As always HTC build quality is shifty. This from my personal experience with many HTC models dating all the way back to the Mogul. Scraped the skin off my finger and now it's embedded in this phone. My DNA will be stuck inside this phone for it's whole life. Make sure to give your phones a thorough once over. You can see the gap on the left side. Anything could just roll in there. No, Samsung did not hire me.
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chrischoi said:
As always HTC build quality is shifty. Scraped the skin off my finger and now it's embedded in this phone. Make sure to give your phones a thorough once over. You can see the gap on the left side. Anything could just roll in there. No, Samsung did not hire me.
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Yeah, I don't have that problem.

That makes for a good painter's putty.
Picking my phone up in person, so I will most definitely inspect for gaps before taking it home!

The aluminum does stick out farther than the plastic on both sides. Makes a great scraper tool. Lol. I don't mind that as much, just the gap area.

chrischoi said:
. No, Samsung did not hire me.
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You beat me to it.

chrischoi said:
The aluminum does stick out farther than the plastic on both sides. Makes a great scraper tool. Lol. I don't mind that as much, just the gap area.
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I played with one in sprint store today(cause mine isnt here those [email protected]#hes )and seen no gap or raised glass
Sent From My 5WEET ASS EVO LTE!!

chrischoi said:
As always HTC build quality is shifty. Scraped the skin off my finger and now it's embedded in this phone. Make sure to give your phones a thorough once over. You can see the gap on the left side. Anything could just roll in there. No, Samsung did not hire me.
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I love how you say as always. I have had 6 different htc models going back to the hero and never had anything wrong with htc's build quality. They make one of the best phones on the market if not the best.
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So take it back friday and get a replacement. Theres an instore warranty good for 14 days. I really dont see why all of you are *****ing about this when its such an easy fix.
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I wouldn't say "Shifty" build quality.. but I would say inconsistent. My 1st EVO 4G was built like a brick house with no "real" issues (the B-spot.)
But my girlfriends needed replaced due to the bottom left corner of the screen pulling away from the body. Which was replaced 4 TIMES because each replacement had the exact same issue.
Then, Evo 3D, I had to replace that because the touchscreen was going out, which I've heard is a major issue with the 3D line.
I'm hoping the One has better part quality.

racrickey said:
I love how you say as always. I have had 6 different htc models going back to the hero and never had anything wrong with htc's build quality. They make one of the best phones on the market if not the best.
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Kinda of hard to give him credibility when he has a Samsung Blog. hahaha I don't see one thing on there about any HTC stuff.

SooooneR said:
Kinda of hard to give him credibility when he has a Samsung Blog. hahaha I don't see one thing on there about any HTC stuff.
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LOL. One does have quite the audacity to post negative comments about HTC, yet have a link in the same post all about Samsung. The question I'd like to know is how he got his phone. I'm guessing he is not an HTC VIP, though I could be wrong.

phat78boy said:
LOL. One does have quite the audacity to post negative comments about HTC, yet have a link in the same post all about Samsung. The question I'd like to know is how he got his phone. I'm guessing he is not an HTC VIP, though I could be wrong.
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That's the truth! That does pose a great question! Hmmmm...

chrischoi said:
As always HTC build quality is shifty. Scraped the skin off my finger and now it's embedded in this phone. Make sure to give your phones a thorough once over. You can see the gap on the left side. Anything could just roll in there. No, Samsung did not hire me.
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chrischoi=Korean=Samsung :silly:

It doubles as an ice scrapper. Will come in handy this winter.

love how you say as always. I have had 6 different htc models going back to the hero and never had anything wrong with htc's build quality. They make one of the best phones on the market if not the best.
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This.

racrickey said:
I love how you say as always. I have had 6 different htc models going back to the hero and never had anything wrong with htc's build quality. They make one of the best phones on the market if not the best.
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WTF? said:
This.
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+2
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racrickey said:
I love how you say as always. I have had 6 different htc models going back to the hero and never had anything wrong with htc's build quality. They make one of the best phones on the market if not the best.
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I still have the HTC Hero and its been used and abused. Its still in great shape and i never had a cover on it. But I am extremely pissed off at the HTC Evo 3D build that I am currently using (and will finally be done with in a few more hours when i pick up my HTC One).
The glue or adhesive that HTC used to put the phone together is horrible. I had metal front cover falling off the phone and the red frame on the camera portion is halfway falling off. For some odd reason when the metal portion started to peel off the front cover the phone would act crazy and it would always have the phantom button presses making the phone unusable. To fix the problem I had to super glue what I could down but now other sections are falling off that have been attached from HTC's adhesive.
I can't say that I am not worried but I really REALLY hope that any of these pieces are not sealed with any adhesive.

reflekt said:
I can't say that I am not worried but I really REALLY hope that any of these pieces are not sealed with any adhesive.
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The speaker covers are glued on.
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chrischoi said:
As always HTC build quality is shifty. Scraped the skin off my finger and now it's embedded in this phone. Make sure to give your phones a thorough once over. You can see the gap on the left side. Anything could just roll in there. No, Samsung did not hire me.
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Yeah, judging by your completely impartial and varied selection of review products on your blog, there is no way you are influenced to not like this phone.....

ixll said:
Yeah, judging by your completely impartial and varied selection of review products on your blog, there is no way you are influenced to not like this phone.....
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phat78boy said:
LOL. One does have quite the audacity to post negative comments about HTC, yet have a link in the same post all about Samsung. The question I'd like to know is how he got his phone. I'm guessing he is not an HTC VIP, though I could be wrong.
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SooooneR said:
Kinda of hard to give him credibility when he has a Samsung Blog. hahaha I don't see one thing on there about any HTC stuff.
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how dare all of you question a random nobody from the interwebz, which is full of nothing but truth and love...!!
good day,sirs...
....I SAID GOOD DAY!!
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Nexus 4 - Pattern on screen

Hey, I have read many threads but none explained if this is an issue or what. I found that someone call this digitizer, but digitizer is normally a lot different. Only thread with picture was on Android Central (I added is as extension. my own picture would look the same). The position matches position where digitizer is normally, but it has just weird pattern. Thanks for answer

adsamcik said:
Hey, I have read many threads but none explained if this is an issue or what. I found that someone call this digitizer, but digitizer is normally a lot different. Only thread with picture was on Android Central (I added is as extension. my own picture would look the same). The position matches position where digitizer is normally, but it has just weird pattern. Thanks for answer
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ALIENS ARE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU THIS WAY. They got bored with crop plants and use screens instead
Sorry, I couldn't help you as I don't know, but couldn't resist
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hehe

i myself never understood this. even my display looks same when off. and my frds say why your phone has so many boxes. And I tell them it's to store the pixels in standby mode.
Jokes apart, are all nexus screens like this? I've never seen any other phone to have such display

Mine has this too. It is the digitizer. Also read some threads that they RMA'd the device and got a new one. Bit too much hassle for something that I cant see when the screen is on.
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I have this too, I thought it was because it's normal for an IPS screen. Is it normal, do you guys have it too??
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I got this too. I thought it was normal.
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Completely normal. Carry on.

My first N4 didn't have this, but after doing an RMA the replacement did. They may have started using a different digitizer or something. Another interesting thing is that my replacement device doesn't seem to have much of an oleophobic coating either.
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On older nexus phones (without nipples on the back) dont have digitizer visible. On models with nipples and onwards its visible like hell. No idea why, different implementation or.. Conspiracy
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alen1901 said:
On older nexus phones (without nipples on the back) dont have digitizer visible. On models with nipples and onwards its visible like hell. No idea why, different implementation or.. Conspiracy
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I beg to differ. I ordered mine on release. I can see the dots and the squares. Always could.

estallings15 said:
I beg to differ. I ordered mine on release. I can see the dots and the squares. Always could.
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Its visible but not that much and other digitizers consist of dots not patterns like this
Thanks for your addins. It seems its normal for Nexus 4, but no other phone I saw out there doesn't have it. Its not that big deal as stripes on screen (AMOLED) I had on my previous phone.

adsamcik said:
Its visible but not that much and other digitizers consist of dots not patterns like this
Thanks for your addins. It seems its normal for Nexus 4, but no other phone I saw out there doesn't have it. Its not that big deal as stripes on screen (AMOLED) I had on my previous phone.
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I can see both, the dots and this pattern on my device (on strong sunlight).

Only time I can see mine is if I lock the screen and angle it under light... even then its hard to tell...

Same here-i just received my Nexus 4 3 days ago and I immediately noticed the pattern( I used to have the Galaxy Nexus). It is most visible at sunlight in an angle with the screen off. I figured it was normal...I understand now that almost everyone has it...

My first N4 had no visible screen pattern, although in daylight I could see the dot matrix, wasn't a big deal though. However, I recently RMA'd due to a vaulty earpiece and my new N4 has the same pattern in the OP. Very annoying, visible when the phone's off but can also be seen, on occasion, when the phone's on. I don't know if my OCD will last much longer...I'm fighting the urge to RMA again.
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Different nexus 5 hardware

Hi, due to several defects, many have chosen to send back the nexus 5 to receive a new one. infa89, a member of an Italian forum, had the following defects:
dancers and noisy buttons
SIM tray protruding
"cutting edge" display frame.
Comparing the old with the new phone, he noticed several differences, as you can see in the picture.
The new one has none of the above defects, it has
fixed buttons
larger microphone and speaker holes
more yellow display
green stuck pixels.
Someone else has noticed differences between his nexus and replaced one?

Mine has the small speaker holes, I bet that's why it buzzes through the whole phone.

Goddammit, now my phone feels second rate! :crying:
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You know just yesterday I was looking at the speaker holes thinking they are probably too small to let the sound out easily.
RMA? Because of buzzy sound?
Edit...Yeah my buttons are fine too, and it's a 311

Oddly I have the tight fitting buttons, but the speaker/mic grille look to be the smaller ones.
I have a 311k btw

meangreenie said:
Mine has the small speaker holes, I bet that's why it buzzes through the whole phone.
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my 32 gb white had the small holes, rattling buttons, microphone problems during recording, as well as backlight bleeding.
I immediately sent it back, but still waiting for the new.

LBTaylor1984 said:
I have a 311k btw
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Where are you checking this?

seems like i should return my nexus 5 to goole

Not sure what mine is.
When i boot into the bootloader, there is something there that says:
HW VERSION - rev_11
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By rattling buttons, you mean if you just shake the phone? Because mine rattle a little, but its not a problem. No backlight bleed or small holes though.

rootSU said:
Where are you checking this?
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Hi,
On the box?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2534423.
EDIT: turn your head, I forgot to rotate the picture, sorry :laugh:

I have the larger speaker holes from the 16GB I purchased from Best Buy for Sprint but the original 32GB I ordered on the Play Store had the smaller holes. However, the volume on this new handset is much much worse.
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I have no evidence to back this, but the couple I've seen from carriers all seem to be defect free while the ones from Google play seem to have issues. Esp the white ones. Just throwing out a random thought
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I feel lucky now...got mine from play and it has the larger holes. I've been very pleased with everything...I did have a panic attack earlier when I dropped my phone and suddenly the vibrator stopped working...took my case off and heard a snap...I guess the cover came off or something? But now its working fine...
Only thing I noticed as far as defects is slight light bleeding on the edge of the screen in the corner. But I'm not anal enough to care...its only noticabke when the screen is black at night...
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zander21510 said:
I feel lucky now...got mine from play and it has the larger holes. I've been very pleased with everything...I did have a panic attack earlier when I dropped my phone and suddenly the vibrator stopped working...took my case off and heard a snap...I guess the cover came off or something? But now its working fine...
Only thing I noticed as far as defects is slight light bleeding on the edge of the screen in the corner. But I'm not anal enough to care...its only noticabke when the screen is black at night...
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What is your revision number in Bootloader?
like HW VERSION - rev_11

DigitalUnderground said:
I have no evidence to back this, but the couple I've seen from carriers all seem to be defect free while the ones from Google play seem to have issues. Esp the white ones. Just throwing out a random thought
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I got a black 16gb from rogers only it has is the rattling buttons wich is no big deal

310K or 311K only indicates the build date. HW Revisions is more important!

LBTaylor1984 said:
Oddly I have the tight fitting buttons, but the speaker/mic grille look to be the smaller ones.
I have a 311k btw
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+1
However it might be, that we are the "lucky" ones with small speaker holes and the "tightest loose" buttons maybe..?

tengaionis said:
+1
However it might be, that we are the "lucky" ones with small speaker holes and the "tightest loose" buttons maybe..?
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That's what she said
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finalhit said:
That's what she said
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OMG, i love this joke.
I'm not even kidding. It has been a running gag for months in my environment.
But back to the topic:
It wouldn't be surprised by updated "outer hardware" as the Nexus 4 also got updated with these "gummish-spike-thingies" on its back against slipping.

Question about metal bezel on note 4

Got my replacement note 4 a few days ago,and noticed that the metal bezel sits a little bit higher off the glass on one side then the other,was wondering if this is a normal ,and by off the glass referring to metal lip around glass,not a huge deal,but...None the less it's there.

Your saying that the metal trim....is thick? As in its raised a couple mm? Mine Has It Straight All around....Not Going Above Or Unto Of The glass.

Lol I mean the metal trim raises above the glass,but not evenly.

Yea it's raised above the glass....but evenly lol BRO just enjoy your phone already don't dwell on it bro

Raver27 said:
Got my replacement note 4 a few days ago,and noticed that the metal bezel sits a little bit higher off the glass on one side then the other,was wondering if this is a normal ,and by off the glass referring to metal lip around glass,not a huge deal,but...None the less it's there.
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If it is a refurbished device I would send it back. Might of been put together wrong and down the road you don't wanna get the blame .
BAD ASS NOTE 4

Here some pics,not the greatest being taken with nexus 4,I mean it's just a little off,but off none the less.

Raver27 said:
Here some pics,not the greatest being taken with nexus 4,I mean it's just a little off,but off none the less.
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Dude I think that's your "gap". Every note 4 has one. it isn't that much a problem like I thought I'd be. I clean my screen all the time hate fingerprints and smugness but I'd say it's "normal" according to the Galaxy Note 4 manual.

Here's 1 more pic,little clearer I guess..

I wouldn't worry about it unless you work outside

nano303 said:
I wouldn't worry about it unless you work outside
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Dont worry least your whites dont have hue of pink and yellow to them.

Nah...my first 2 did tho..I feel ur pain on that one,I didn't even want to use my first 2 because of pink hue.

yeah mine has that slight offset. It's the screen that is uneven. Not the frame. It no biggie for me tho. Enjoy your Note 4. Try not to let it bother you.

princeasi said:
yeah mine has that slight offset. It's the screen that is uneven. Not the frame. It no biggie for me tho. Enjoy your Note 4. Try not to let it bother you.
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Yea I am trying, I kinda thought it was the glass for whatever reason, not sure how..Glad to know I'm not the only one tho,makes it into more of a common deal with this phone.

nano303 said:
Yea it's raised above the glass....but evenly lol BRO just enjoy your phone already don't dwell on it bro
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Lol not dwelling, was curious..

Raver27 said:
Here some pics,not the greatest being taken with nexus 4,I mean it's just a little off,but off none the less.
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You know that saying, if you go looking for something..... (Yet they say don't go look for love) anyways lol I don't see anything, looks like you want something to be wrong. It's a insurance replacement, the device isn't doing to be fresh, unless you want to dorms $700
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Lol I here ya,I here ya...Was curious to know weather it's common deal..Tried phone info app,not sure how accurate, but it says phone is "original " not refurbished. .

Raver27 said:
Lol I here ya,I here ya...Was curious to know weather it's common deal..Tried phone info app,not sure how accurate, but it says phone is "original " not refurbished. .
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Little physical imperfections like that are pretty common with all phones. My Note 4 has a slightly loose power button, my Nexus 5 screen was about a millimeter higher on one side than the other...
Unless it's really causing an issue for you I wouldn't worry about it.

I can live with Minor imperfections like this since I trade up phones ever year but screen issues are a big No No for me. God gifted me with 21-21 vision.
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Limeybastard said:
I can live with Minor imperfections like this since I trade up phones ever year but screen issues are a big No No for me. God gifted me with 21-21 vision.
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Lol ,so u could deal with my slight imperfection?

Raver27 said:
Lol ,so u could deal with my slight imperfection?
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Yours or the phones?
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